The prolific English dancemaker is also the force behind Joffrey’s Chicago-set “Nutcracker.” Joffrey now becomes the first American company to dance his "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland." ...

Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon blurs ballet and variety show in Joffrey’s ‘Alice’ The prolific English dancemaker is also the force behind Joffrey’s Chicago-set ‘Nutcracker.

Mr. Migdoll’s images of the Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet’s dancers helped cement its artistic reputation from the time he joined the company, in 1968, until he retired, in 2016.

Herbert Migdoll was part of the DNA of the Joffrey Ballet. As the dance company’s photographer, he captured graceful forms for more than 50 years. He met Robert Joffrey, one of the company’s ...

The Joffrey Tower is located across Benton Place—a named alley—from the Chicago Theatre. It houses a two-story Walgreens store on the ground floor, the headquarters of the Joffrey Ballet, and ...

More than just a show about ballet, this exhibition explores dance in New York, L.A. and Chicago; culture and counterculture; and how art can preserve history and shape the future. The Joffrey at ...

On more than one occasion, death almost won. But, as any Chicagoan who looks skyward on State Street knows, the Joffrey lives on. Today, the Joffrey is Chicago’s preeminent classical ballet company.

Renner joined the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, where he also served as general manager, in 2018. Before that, he had been general manager of Atlanta Ballet in Georgia.

Choreographer Cathy Marston, right, works with dancer Victoria Jaiani during rehearsal of “Atonement” at the Joffrey Ballet on Aug. 9, 2024, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- For just the second time since 2019, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Joffrey Ballet are teaming up on the stage, with three days of performances at the Symphony Center.

Then, in 1995, thanks to the leadership of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley, first lady Maggie Daley and a committed group of civic leaders, the Joffrey made its way to Chicago where it began anew.

Joffrey board president David A. Kipper released a statement confirming that the Joffrey was talking to Ballet Chicago about a merger, but the statement made the deal sound tentative, saying ...